Andreas Bauer

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Andreas Bauer joined the ensemble at Oper Frankfurt in the 2013/14 season, during which roles included Sarastro in Die Zauberflöte, Landgraf Hermann in Tannhäuser, the Guardian of the Dead in a new production of Enescu's Oedipe and King Marke in Tristan und Isolde. This season he sings Colline in La Bohème, Pistola in Falstaff, Lodovico in Otello, the Water Sprite in Rusalka and Jacopo Fiesco in Simon Boccanegra. He will also return to the Semperoper in Dresden to sing a Hermit in Der Freischütz. Other places where he has sung in recent seasons have included Leipzig Opera, where he enjoyed great success with Zaccaria in Nabucco (house debut), Opéra Lyon, the Théâtre du Capitole in Toulouse, Teatro Municipial Santiago de Chile and the Edinburgh Festival. The many productions in which he has sung Méphistophélès in Gounod's Faust have included one in Modena. His repertoire includes the title role in Bartók's Herzog Blaubart/Bluebeard's Castle, Gremin (Eugen Onegin), Sparafucile (Rigoletto), Seneca (The Coronation of Poppea), Kaspar (Der Freischütz), Osmin (Die Entführung aus dem Serail/The Abduction from the Seraglio) and Claggart (Billy Budd). After a period under contract to the Mainfrankentheater in Würzburg, Andreas Bauer joined the ensemble at the Staatsoper in Berlin (2007-2012). He is much sought after for concert work and appears regularly in Japan, Berlin and Munich, in works including Beethoven 9, Verdi's Requiem and Haydn's Schöpfung/Creation. Conductors with whom Andreas Bauer has worked have included Claudio Abbado, Sir Colin Davis, Sir Simon Rattle, Andris Nelsons, Philippe Jordan, Ingo Metzmacher, Christian Thielemann and Gustavo Dudamel